Where others saw upheaval, we saw opportunity.
In 1991, Principals George Rohr and Moris Tabacinic recognized the investment opportunities in Eastern Europe presented by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent privatization process. Today, the firm they founded in 1993 continues to leverage the vision of targeting inefficiencies in capital-starved global markets.
NCH is headquartered in New York, with an additional ten local offices in Eastern Europe and South America.
Where our Agribusiness started: the story of NCH's first farm.
Assets under management
11
Offices globally
130
Professionals
25
Investment funds since inception
650,000
Hectares of agricultural land under management
A History of Pioneer Investing
1991
Following the collapse of Soviet Union, George Rohr and Moris Tabacinic begin investing in its new markets.
1993
NCH is founded and launches one of the first Western funds in the region; establishes presence on the ground and makes its first investments.
1994
NCH exits its investment in St. Petersburg Telephone, previously acquired in the privatization process, in the first over-the-counter transaction between two Western counterparties in a public Russian security.
1995
NCH launches OPIC-backed fund to invest in private equity in the region.
1996
NCH launches an opportunity fund to invest across asset classes primarily in Romania.
1998
NCH makes its first small agribusiness investments.
1998
In the wake of the devastating 1998 Russian financial collapse, NCH perseveres despite an equity market decline of 93% from its peak the prior year.
2005
Opportunistic real estate and agribusiness private equity fund launched.
NCH identifies opportunity to purchase or lease prime farmland to be consolidated into industrial-scale agribusiness operations and holdings.
2006
NCH begins investing in agribusiness in Ukraine; operations subsequently grouped under the AgroProsperis brand.
2007
NCH’s first fully dedicated agribusiness fund raises $1.2 billion – invests in Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova and Romania.
2008
AgroProsperis first year of large-scale farming in Ukraine.
2008
AgroTerra, NCH’s Russian agribusiness, is launched.
2010
NCH begins operations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, investing in Brazilian equity markets.
2012
AgroTerra first year of large-scale farming in Russia.
2014
NCH-managed funds have over $1 billion invested in agribusiness projects in the region.
2015
NCH agribusiness operations leverage their significant scale to offer supply chain services to local SME farmers in Ukraine and Russia.
2019
Final permitting and plan approvals in process for Kassiopi (Corfu, Greece) and Sv. Stefan (Montenegro), two real estate projects managed by NCH.
2019
Together, NCH’s agribusiness operations in Ukraine and Russia originate approximately 4 million metric tons of crops annually.
